APRILMAYJUN

E2011

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Fri 8 April 8pmTickets €20*

1. Call to the box offi ce at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway, Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm2. Phone 091 569777 during the above hours. visa, Access, MasterCard and Laser are accepted. *Telephone and personal bookings are subject to Refurbishment Charge of 50 cent per ticket3. Buy online at www.tht.ie *Online bookings are subject to €1.50 booking and Refurbishment Charge per ticket.

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Student Special Special rate for students.

Family Special Two adults, two children for a special rate.

Seniors Special Special rate for anyone over 65.

CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATESConcessions are available to most shows for Seniors, Unwaged and Students. ID required. 10% discount for groups of 10+.

CONDITIONS OF SALETickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance is cancelled or abandoned.

Des Bishop in MY DAD WAS NEARLY JAMES BONDRescheduled from a cancelled show in February.

“Edgy material… snappy, never sappy… Bishop has judged this one beautifully” THE AGE, AUSTRALIA

Mon 11 April 8pm Tickets €25*

The 9-piece band replicates the line up of the full live Pink Floyd touring band of the late 80s and 90s. With state-of-the-art sound and a spectacular light show, the aim is to perfect the atmosphere of the great Pink Floyd at a live show! The two-hour show includes all the well-known songs from Dark Side of The Moon through to Division Bell.

GMS celebrate their 25th anniversary with a highly entertaining Musical Comedy built around a number of Elvis’ hit songs. The story revolves around a rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies who rambles into town on his motorbike. The hit songs come one after another and include: Jailhouse Rock, Blue Suede Shoes, Teddy Bear, Burning Love, Can’t Help Falling In Love With You …and many more. The production has a terrifi c Chorus and Dancers and is supported by a professional Orchestra. Sold out in last September’s limited run so book early to avoid disappointment.

Mon 4 - Sat 9 April 8pm Tickets €18*/€16*Monday all seats €15

This popular lunchtime concert series offers the opportunity to enjoy a free Classical Music concert with an introductory discussion all within your lunch hour!

The 2011 series will feature The 10 Most Celebrated String Quartets by Mozart and will also include some surprise guest artists. Supported by The Arts Council, NUIG, Galway University Foundation, Bank of Ireland, Galway City and County Councils and Friends of The Galway Music Residency.

Town Hall Bar - Refreshments available Tues 5 April, 3 May & 7 June 1pm Admission Free

Galway Music ResidencyContemPo Quartet lunchtime Concert series

Book by joe Dipietro featuring the songs of elvis Presley

Directed by Brian & seÁn PoWermusical Director joHn roeChoreography mary mCDonaGH Chorus Director PaDDy Daly

Tues 12 April 8.30pmDermot Healy & Paul murrayTwo of our finest novelists; Healy will be reading from his first novel in

11 years, Long Time No See, and Murray’s second novel, Skippy Dies, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2010 and has earned a brace of other awards.

Wed 13 April 6pmCarmel Winters & staCey GreGGTwo new Irish playwrights: Winters’ B For Baby was a huge success on

the Peacock stage in 2010 and the Abbey is also producing Gregg’s first major production, Perve, this year.

Wed 13 April 8.30pmsimon armitaGe & sujata BHattPoetry night with two of the best: Armitage’s latest Faber collection Seeing Stars was short listed for the TS Eliot prize; Bhatt, from India has had her works translated into over 20 languages.

Thurs 14 April 8.30pmGerBranD Bakker & eC osunDuBakker was awarded the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary

Award for his first novel in English, The Twin. Nigerian writer Osundu’s debut collection of short stories, Voice of America, was publishedin 2010. Fri 15 April 6.30tHe PiPeThe multiple award-winning documentary about the struggle of the small Mayo community of Rossport against Shell Oil and the Irish State.

Fri 15 April 8.30pmlorna siGGins & Helon HaBilaSiggins is The Irish Times Western correspondent and author of

Once Upon a Time in the West: the Corrib Gas Controversy. Nigerian writer Habila will read from his latest novel Oil on Water, a fictionalised fact-based story of the oil industry in the Niger Delta.

Sat 16 April 1pmGranta: tHe irisH sHort story Panel DiscussionWith Anne Enright, Kevin Barry, Philip Ó Ceallaigh and Eilis Ní Dhuibne

Sat 16 April 6pmanne enriGHt & louise DouGHtyEnright is one of our leading writers, winner of the Man Booker prize in

2007 and a host of other awards. She will read from her new novel The Forgotten Waltz. English novelist, Doughty, is best known for her novels based on the Romany people. Her new novel Whatever You Love was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize in 2010.

Sat 16 April 8.30pmValerie HeminGWayPublic interview with Vincent WoodsOne of the world’s leading authorities

on Hemingway (she married his son), Norman Mailer said of her memoir Running With The Bulls; “one of the best books on Hemingway that I have read”.

Tues 12 - Sat 16 April Studio 8pmGrenaDes By TARA McKEvITTMephisto present this compelling Northern Ireland drama.

Tickets 8.30pm events: €11.50*/€9.50 6pm/1pm events: €7.50*/€5.50* Film €4.50* Grenades €12*/€10* For a listing of all events and full details: www.cuirt.ie

Cortoon Lavally Drama Group

it runs in tHe FamilyBy ray & miCHael Cooney

Going to the Hospital is not usually a barrel of laughs but this is a HSE experience as you’ve never known it. Featuring goofy going’s on of dopey doctors, naughty nurses, perambulating patients, a teenager on the rampage, a bit of body-snatching, multiple female impersonation, overdosing on drink and falling foul of the Law!

Sun 24 April 8pm Tickets €15*/€12*

The Five Lamps Theatre Company

Dear FrankieBy niamH Gleeson

Thurs 21 - Sat 23 April 8pmTickets €16*/€12*Seniors special €10*

For over twenty years Ireland tuned in as Frankie Byrne solved the problems of a nation at lunchtime on Radio Éireann. Lovelorn teenagers, jealous husbands, concerned mammies, all write in looking for an answer to their problems. This, by turns, hilarious and poignant play, tracks the life of this glamorous and popular Irish fi gure as she considers the burning social issues of the time - all the while, concealing deep sorrows.

Tall Tales Theatre Co. and Solstice Arts Centre

MOMENTBy DeirDre kinaHan

Tues 26 - Sat 30 April 8pmTickets €18*/€14*Tuesday all seats €12*

Fresh from success at the Bush Theatre in London, MOMENT is a thrilling new play by one of Ireland’s most celebrated new playwrights.

On a seemingly ordinary evening an Irish family sit down to tea. The difference tonight is that Nial is home - back from prison having committed a dark crime many years earlier with some news to share and a conscience to clear. Fast, witty and frighteningly real, Moment takes you on journey through trauma wrapped up in tablecloths and teacake.

Sat 30 April 8pmTickets €22*/€18*

Choreographed and directed by Riverdance Principal Dancer, Breandán de Gallaí, NOC·TÚ (to bare or reveal all) is a totally new departure for the Irish dance show genre. Described as an Irish dance play, it strives to tell the story of Irish dance from the viewpoint of the dancer using movement, narrative, parody, comedy and pathos. The show will be the subject of a new RTÉ television series to be broadcast in Summer 2011.

“very accomplished writing, remarkably strong performances. …wonderfully funny… defi nitely one to go to” RTÉ ARENA

“With its plethora of anxious glances, pregnant pauses and general air of unease Moment primes its viewer for a gruelling domestic bust-up and doesn’t fail to deliver” ★★★★ HERALD METRO

vladimir Jablokov and the Slovak Festival Quartet delivers dazzling musicianship and inventive, rhythmic arrangements. CLASSICAL TWIST, (two violins, viola, double bass, piano & drums) fuse classical music, jazz, pop & rock. From Bach to Bowie and from Mozart to the Rolling Stones via Lynard Skynyrd they put a fresh spin on some of the greatest melodies ever written.

Sun 1 May 8pmTickets €18*/€16*

VLADIMIR & CLASSICAL TWIST

Gúna Nua Productions

LITTLE GEM By elaine murPHy

After sell out shows in the Town Hall in October and all around Ireland – Back by popular demand!

Three generations of women on a wild and constantly surprising journey through sex, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: Kay’s got an itch that Gem can’t scratch… Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist… Amber has fi erce bad indigestion and the Sambucas aren’t getting rid of it. And then there’s Paul, the b*****, who is just using Amber until he can get to Australia… Then Little Gem announces his arrival in no uncertain terms and life is never the same again.

Winner Best Play & Best Actress, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009

Tues 3 - Sat 7 May 8pmTickets €20*/€16*Tuesday all seats €14*

“…this show, which made me laugh and cry with pleasure, is like a really marvellous wake: it brings three generations together in an emotive booze-up of sorrow, precarious joy and inappropriate laughter…” ★★★★★ TIME OUT, LONDON

COUNTY GALWAY CU FACTOR TALENT COMPETITIONPerformers who won through their local Credit Union heats meet on this glittering occasion to compete for the title of County Galway CU-FACTOR Winner 2011. The winning Act will receive a prize of €1000. More details are on Facebook ‘CU Factor Galway’.

Sun 8 May 7pmTickets €6*

Tues 10 - Sat 14 May 8pmTickets €18*/€14* Tuesday all seats €12*

A new show from Aidan Dooley, creator of TOM CREAN - ANTARCTIC EXPLORER

O’SULLIVAN BEARA - THE LAST GAELIC CHIEFTAINUsing Celtic myths, an original score and brilliant storytelling, Aidan tells the true tale of how this heroic leader of the Beara people tried valiantly to save his Clan against the vicious onslaught of the angry Tudor Queen intent on ensuring that Ireland would never aid the Spanish again. In doing so she destroyed the last embers of Gaelic governed Ireland.

“unmissable” IRISH EXAMINER

Ciotóg/Rionach Ní Neill

SEE SAW

Catch See Saw before it tours to Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater and Festival and Birmingham Dance Exchange this May!

Frid 6 May11am & 3pmTickets €3*

…gently rocking the balance between looking and being looked at, a dance show for and with families with young children…

COUNTY GALWAY CU FACTOR TALENT COMPETITION

London Classic Theatre

GHOSTSBy Henrik iBsen in a new version by Frank mcGuinness

Helene Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphanage, built in memory of her late husband. Her beloved artist son, Oswald, has returned from Paris to honour the occasion, but his long-awaited homecoming rapidly descends into tragedy as his presence triggers the exposure of a dark story of hypocrisy and betrayed love.

Henrik Ibsen was one of the truly great playwrights in the European tradition, often referred to as ‘the father of modern drama’. His study of hidden passions and family secrets in Ghosts remains as dramatically alive as ever in Frank McGuinness’ new version.

Mon 16 May 8pmTickets €18*/€15*

KEVIN BURKE, CAL SCOTT and the VANBRUGH STRING QUARTETKevin Burke (Bothy Band, Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival) and Cal Scott have got together again to present a combination of traditional, contemporary and self-penned pieces.

For this special concert, Kevin and Cal are joined by the vanbrugh String Quartet - Kevin’s fi ddle leads the quartet through Cal Scott’s masterful score producing an absorbing blend of traditional and classical string playing.

“A stunning reworking of Ibsen’s 1881 masterpiece.” THE STAGE

Tues 17 - Wed 18 May 8pmTickets €18*/€14*

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THE PRIDE OF PARNELL STREETBy seBastian Barry

‘See, love between a man and a woman, it’s - private. It happens where you never do see it. In rooms.’

Since 2007, this play has toured Ireland and internationally, receiving great acclaim in its London and New york runs. In a series of intercutting monologues, Janet and Joe chart the intimacies of their love and the rupturing of their relationship. This is an intimate, heroic tale of ordinary and extraordinary life on the streets of Dublin.

Starring Mary Murray and Joe Hanley.

“lovingly acted… a pleasure to watch and listen to.” THE NEW yORK TIMES

Friday 20 May 8pmTickets €20*/€16*

Sat 21 May 8pmTickets €18*/€16* Fri 27 May 8pm Tickets €29.50*

Chamber Philharmonic EuropePOWERFUL EMOTIONS TOUR 2011The Cologne based chamber orchestra presents a programme of:

vIvALDI L’estro Armonico & Double ConcertoJ.S. BACH Double concerto for two violinsGRIEG Holberg suiteFAURÉ PavanneHUMMEL Concerto for Trumpet

SLEEP SKIPS MY HEARTBy SARAH GRIFFIN

Wed 4 -sat 7 may 8.30pmTells the story of Elliot Sweetman, a young boy born into the

1990s with a disorder that pushes him into sleep whenever he feels sad or happy, and Lily Mahony, the only child who was

brave enough to pick him up and try and keep him awake. A tale of strangeness in the grey of the suburbs, about love between

friends, love between brothers, sleep, death and growing up.

3 Weeks 3 Companies 3 New Works. . . And then some

JOLT brings three weeks of new, innovative theatre to the Studio. The boldest, bravest theatre makers in town present

original work for jaded people. And for everyone else too.

THE VERY BEST OF JOHN LENNONBy WATERDONKEy

Wed 11 - sat 14 may 8.30pm30 years after his death, internet debate shows us that, to

some, ‘John Lennon’ means peace, love and hope. To others, ‘John Lennon’ is a poor father, an enemy of democracy, God and the US state. Waterdonkey presents a theatrical event

inspired by the legendary musician’s presence and infl uence in our own lives and in the fabric of contemporary society.

THE PUMPBy FÉILIM Ó hAOLÁIN AND MARIA LÓPEZ

Wed 18 - sat 21 may 8.30pmWhat happens when the intimate inner world of one’s

imagination crashes into another? What if you were stuck there? How would you get back? Follow a couple’s journey through one another’s soul, the precarious situations that

arise from such astral endeavours and question how much we really know about those sleeping next to us?

Friday 6, 13 & 20 may

TALKBACK SESSIONS IN THE BAR AFTER THE PERFORMANCE

saturday 7, 14 & 21 may

MUSIC & KICKS IN THE BARAdmission included

in ticket price

27 & 28 may 8.30pm

CREATIVE QUICKIES

Tickets €5*

10 minute excerpts of daring new work from local theatre makers.

Tickets €10*/€8or €21 for all three shows

Mon 23 - Wed 25 May 8pmTickets €16*/€12*Monday all seats €10*

Paddy sits on the same bench outside his fl at every night, unable to sleep since the death of his wife. His elderly neighbour Imelda does her best to drive him indoors, but there’s no talking to him. Then one day Paddy is annoyed to fi nd a troubled young man called Tony sitting on his bench…

A moving and funny play about two broken men trying to make their way back from the margins

FreDIn April Fred will release their highly anticipated new album produced by Howard Bilerman, formerly of The Arcade Fire. Since the release of Go God Go in 2008 with it’s string of Indie-poptastic hits including Skyscrapers, Running. The Lights, Good one Fred have become renowned for their high energy shows.

Thurs 26 May 8pmTickets €14*

St Johns Arts Centre with Decadent Theatre and Nuns Island Theatre

Here We are aGain stillBy CHRISTIAN O’REILLyDirected by Andrew Flynnwith Eamonn Hunt, Andy Kellegher and Bríd Ní Neachtain

“O’Reilly both localises and universalises the action: he celebrates the people who inspired the play, but tells a story that could be set almost anywhere… Moves with fl uidity and dynamism” THE IRISH TIMES

“…There’s no resisting this stuff unless you’re a tone-deaf, stone-hearted, know nothing… Blissed out, loved-up and goddamn down and out funky, Fred we love you…” THE IRISH TIMES

joHn BeaG aGus na hanCairÍ featuring: Helen Uí Dhunáird, Colm Gannon, Mike Chang, Ray Diamond, Colm Naughton, Cormac Dunne, Fergal Gallagher.

Tá amhráin dhá gcumadh agus dhá gcasadh i gConamara le fada an lá, amhráin a bhí ann na céadta bliain ó shin agus iad i mbéal na ndaoine go dtí an lá atá inniú ann. Legendary Connemara band, John Beag Ó Flatharta and Na hAncairí have been fi lling halls for thirty years with their unique blend of country rhythyms

Fri 27 May 8.30pmTickets €20*

On Nov 18th 2009, Ireland’s dreams of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup were dashed when Thierry Henry illegally handled the ball. Henry’s sleight of hand is used as a dramatic metaphor for Ireland after the Celtic Tiger and the speedy deception experienced by the Irish people when the boom collapsed in 2008.

Eoin refl ects on mid-life and Ireland’s recent turbulent history with mischievous Dublin wit and sharp home truths. A humorous and poignant story of relationships, sport and coming home. Starring Ray yeates, the play is directed by Mark O’Brien, and design is by Robert Ballagh.

THE AXIS THEATRE

tHe PartinG Glass By DERMOT BOLGER

St Johns Arts Centre with Decadent Theatre and Nuns Island Theatre

Here We are aGain stillBy CHRISTIAN O’REILLyDirected by Andrew Flynnwith Eamonn Hunt, Andy Kellegher and Bríd Ní Neachtain

joHn BeaG aGus na hanCairÍ featuring: Helen Uí Dhunáird, Colm Gannon, Mike Chang, Ray Diamond, Colm Naughton, Cormac Dunne, Fergal Gallagher.

starring Kim Dickinson

The Carpenters recorded some of the greatest love songs in pop music history captivating three generations of popular music fans. The hits are timeless including Yesterday Once More, Superstar, We’ve Only Just Begun, Please Mr. Postman, (They Long to Be) Close To You, It’s Going To Take Some Time, I Won’t Last A Day Without You, Rainy Days And Mondays, Top of the World and many more.

Sun 29 May 8pmTickets €20*

“A rare achievement… Actor Ray Yeates delivers this play with verve and excellent comic timing, punctuating pathos with wit, and vice versa…” THE IRISH TIMES

Tues 31 May - Wed 1 June 8pmTickets €15*/€12*

A cunning plan to raise monies for Comic Relief. The Irish premiere of the 1980s smash-hit comedy with Baldrick, Percy, Melchett, Queenie, Nursie and of course, Lord Blackadder. An Elizabethan farce in glorious Galway-vision.

Thurs 9 - Sat 11 June 8.30pmTickets €10*

studio THT

A city-wide celebration of the history of Galway as seen by, and created by, the people of Galway.

TOWN HALL EvENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE GALWAy CITy MUSEUM AND GALWAy ARTS CENTRE.

Fri 3 June 8pmTickets €8/€6*

PeoPle’s History oF GalWay

An evening of archive fi lm, assembled by the Irish Film Institute from the Galway of the 1950s and early 1960s which will include a newsreel compilation (1940s - 60s), Glamour of Galway (1957), Inside Ireland: Her Ladyship (1966). The documentaries and newsreels will uncover a wealth of stories from Galway’s past – island evacuations, air rescues, fi shermen’s strikes and ploughing competitions and a selection of travelogues will celebrate the character of the people, the beauty of the landscape, the bustle of the town and the charm of the old Claddagh village.

An evening of archive fi lm, assembled by the

tHe Glamour oF GalWay!

Sat 4 June 8pmTickets €8/€6*

A devised play celebrating aspects of the people’s history of Galway drawn from tales and stories were taken from a series of reminiscing workshops with a wide variety of older Galway residents. Workshop participants were encouraged to delve into their past and explore the richness of their youthful experience of growing up in Galway. The result is a uniquely Galwegian event, devised and performed by local actors.

Come and join us on a trip down memory lane and watch us explore what it is like to be a Galwegian caught in the ebb and fl ow of life over the last fi fty years.

A devised play celebrating aspects of the

tales From GalWay

tHe tinker’s CurseBy MICHAEL HARDING

Thurs 9 & Fri 10 June 8pmTickets €16*/€14*

young Jack O’Brien arrives in Aberuffern searching for his errant father. Thwarted by subterfuge and deception he slowly begins to unravel the dark secrets surrounding his father’s disappearance, as a nightmare begins to envelop him. A young man’s journey of innocence, which descends into the depths of hell.

Performed by a cast of seven with original live music.

Tues 7 June 8pmTickets €15*/€12*

COMPANY of SIRENS (Wales)

sean tyrone - a symPHony oF HorrorsBy MARK RyAN

The story of a travelling man who climbs Croagh Patrick to do penance for the sins of a lifetime. Performed by the writer, accompanied by musician Finbar Coady, The Tinkers Curse is a funny and sad night in the theatre; a rare insight into the joys and sorrows that make up the life of an Irish Traveller. Harding plays Rattigan, a traveller old enough to remember the old days when the travelling people had a place in the scheme of things, fi xing pots and pans. However “Plastic killed the Travelling People” he tells us and much of the traditions and lore have been lost.

“An intriguing, beautifully crafted poetic play” THEATRE IN WALES

“He stands on the stage, defeated, shambolic, rambling. He is a helpless father, a bewildered husband, an angry butt of majority hatred… a travelling man… Harding’s performance is nothing short of GLORIOUS - a piece of sustained dramatic economy that is performance art of SOARING, INCANDESCENT STRENGTH. If audiences are not hanging out of the rafters in future venues, there is no soul for drama in Ireland.” EMER O’KELLy, SUNDAy INDEPENDENT

Tues 14 - Sat 18 June 8pm Tickets €18*/€15*Tuesday all seats €12

Roll up, roll up and enter the shady world of Delaney’s Travelling Roadshow. Step inside the boxing ring - smell it, sense it, feel it and somewhere between the fi ghts and the fortune tellers, the bookies and the bloodshed rub shoulders with its wayward wards. When young runaway Emer arrives in search of her long lost father and a challenge from a professional boxer is thrown in to the ring, everything in this run down side show is about to change forever.

Billy Roche (Wexford Trilogy, The Cavalcaders, Amphibians) is one of our best playwrights. With this, his most recent play, he captures the Ireland of the 1960s with a darkly comic wit. The result is a mythic tale of love, loss and pain.

First seen in the Abbey Peacock Theatre in 2008 this new production of the stage play had a successful run at the Project Arts Centre Dublin earlier this year.

BREATHING WATER

By RAyMOND SCANNELL

CAROLINE MOREAUWITH OLEG PONOMAREv ON vIOLINFINTAN GILLIGAN ON GUITAR French chanteuse Caroline Moreau delivers a gutsy and vibrant show that skilfully weaves the lighter and darker aspects of love. This evening of homage to the chanson tradition including traditional French folk songs and sea-shanties along with masterpieces such as Jacques Brel’s Amsterdam and works by Serge Gainsbourg. The set also includes numbers by Django Reinhardt and Astor Piazzola.

Sat 11 June 8pmTickets €18*/€15*

Patrick Combs amazing-but-true story of how he deposited a $95,093.35 junk-mail cheque into his own bank account, as a joke, and the story that ensued after his bank clears it. He’s rich - or is he? This outrageously funny comedy that quickly becomes a staggering David vs Goliath-like real-life adventure, comes to Ireland for the fi rst time after ‘smash hit’ sold out shows internationally.

“Incredulous… gleeful… Star Power” vARIETy MAGAZINE

“Two hours of non stop laughter” BROADWAy WORLD

“Funniest Show Of The Year” HBO’S COMEDy FESTIvAL

Winner: Best Comedy award, montreal

BREATHING WATER

By RAyMOND SCANNELL

Directed by Maria Tivnan Performed by Jarlath Tivnan, Aron Hegarty, Teresa Brennan and Kate Murray A sharp, swift and ultimately moving piece performed by a cast of four, Breathing Water is characteristic of Fregoli’s energetic and imaginative style.

THE SECRET LIFE OF ME

DIRECTED By ROB McFEELy AND

PERFORMED By MARIA TIvNAN,

TRACy BRUEN AND REBECCA RyAN

A new show devised by Fregoli that explores three women’s dreams and realities. A vivacious, colourful provocative piece this show promises to charm and entertain.

Tues 14 - Sat 18 June 8.30pmTickets €10*/€8*

Tues 28 June - Sat 2 July 8.30pmTickets €10*/€8*

MAN 1 BANK 0STARRING PATRICK COMBS

Sat 25 June 8pmTickets €15*

Two shows from Fregoli Theatre Company studio THT

arounD tHe WorlD on 80 QuiD WITH AINDRIAS DE STAIC

A multi-award winning world music comedy theatre show from the acclaimed Galway comedian and violinist.

Based on a true story the musical comic journey recounts the journey of an Irish fi ddle player as he wanders across the globe with much trouble and strife till he eventually fi nds sobriety (and jazz!) along the road.

Tues 28 June 8pm Tickets €13*/€10*

journey to aran

Discover the true Aran Islands over the last century – separate myth from reality in this remarkable programme of rarely-seen fi lms curated by the Irish Film Institute. Aran of the Saints will feature a live musical soundscape presented by Aran Island musicians, MacDara Ó Conaola, Mícheál Ó hAlmhain, Caitríona Ní Almhain and Deirdre Ní Chonghaile.

Winner: three Weeks editors award eDinBurGH FrinGe 2009

nominee: Hardee award Comic originality eDinBurGH 2008

Winner: Best solo show neW ZealanD FrinGe 2008

an toileánach a d’Fhill (1970) DireCtor: jim mulkerns A fi ctional account of the true experience of a labourer who returns to Aran after working on a London building site. Featuring a host of Inis Mór islanders.

a Glimpse into the Heart of Éireann (1929) Dancing on the streets of Inishmore.

aran of the saints (1932) Made by the Catholic Film Society of London in 1932, it presents the day-to-day activities of an island community: school going, fi shing, crop planting, weaving, cattle and sheep grazing and children’s games in a rich counterpoint to the melodrama of Flaherty’s Man of Aran. (1934).

Wed 29 & Thurs 30 June 8pm Tickets €8*/€6*

Take a bow!

The arts really matter to us in Ireland; they are a big part of people’s lives, the country’s single most popular pursuit. Our artists interpret our past, define who we are today, and imagine our future. We can all take pride in the enormous reputation our artists have earned around the world.

The arts play a vital role in our economy, and smart investment of taxpayers’ money in the arts is repaid many times over. The dividends come in the form of a high value, creative economy driven by a flexible, educated, innovative work force, and in a cultural tourism industry worth

2.4 billion directly a year.

The Arts Council is the Irish Government agency for funding and developing the arts. Arts Council funding from the taxpayer, through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, for 2011 is 65.2 million, that’s around 80 cents a week for every household.

So, at the end of your next inspirational encounter with the arts, don’t forget the role you played and take a bow yourself!

Find out what’s on at

www.events.artscouncil.ieYou can find out more about the arts here:

www.artscouncil.ie